My Fox/New York
18 Nov 2010
(AFP) – A Swedish prosecutor said Thursday she had requested the arrest of Julian Assange, the founder of whistleblower website WikiLeaks, to face charges of rape and sexual molestation.
“I request the District Court of Stockholm to detain Mr. Assange in his absence, suspected of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion,” Swedish director of prosecutions Marianne Ny said in a statement in English.
“The reason for my request is that we need to interrogate him. So far, we have not been able to meet with him to accomplish the interrogation,” she said.
The Stockholm court was set to hold a hearing at 2 p.m. local time Thursday on whether to order Assange’s detention, which according to Swedish media would allow authorities to issue an international warrant for his arrest.
“Due to the ongoing investigation and the parties involved, the prosecutor cannot at the moment give more information concerning the suspicions or which investigation matters have been conducted,” the prosecution authority’s statement said.
A warrant was first issued for Assange’s arrest on August 20 by another prosecutor, but was withdrawn just hours later…
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